Chapter 967: Soul Retrieval Plan, Million Evil Soul Banner

Inside the Scripture Transmission Pavilion.

Calm conversation voices rose from time to time.

"You caused big trouble outside?"

"Why would Brother Wang say that? How do you view my current strength?"

"Unfathomable, profound like the sea; at least I am no longer your match."

"Haha, is that so? With my current strength, what kind of enemy counts as big trouble?"

"But the urgency you show, and the near-risky improvement of your strength, are almost exactly the same as the preparations before attacking the Yan Alliance back then."

"Yan Alliance? What a distant name!"

In front of the desk, Luo Chen murmured, his right hand stopping the talisman brush he was drawing with.

On the jade slip was left a fourth-tier body-refining cultivation method called "Hundred Poison Body Refining Art," but different from needing poison insects to assist, this body-refining method was simplified by Luo Chen and only required corresponding toxins to practice.

The work he was doing now was precisely to leave behind the high-tier cultivation methods he had obtained in recent years before leaving.

The "Hundred Poison Body Refining Art" was just one of them; similar ones like "Three Heads and Six Arms," "Moonlight Cleansing Heart Incantation," and some strange techniques obtained from the Southern Border were all recorded.

Not only that, Luo Chen also recorded a copy of his experience and insights from practicing the "Soul Splitting Art" in recent years.

These things would all be left in the Scripture Collection Pavilion for future Luo Tian Sect cultivators to exchange for cultivation.

He picked up the recorded body-refining cultivation method, got up, and walked toward the nearby bookshelf, placing it in an empty spot.

Wang Yuan, who was following him, said while moving: "Yes, at that time, the Yan Alliance was honored as one of the Seven Sects of Yuding, a solid Core Formation major sect. And our Luo Tian Society couldn't even be counted as a first-rate force, and we couldn't even gather a single Core Formation cultivator. And under such circumstances, you actually had the whimsical idea to deal with them, and even through alliances and personal strength, finally destroyed the Yan Alliance, which had a four-hundred-year inheritance, in a life-and-death battle."

Luo Chen put down the jade slip and casually picked up a yellowed, incomplete jade slip next to it on the bookshelf.

His spiritual sense swept over it, and five large characters were imprinted in his mind—"Nether Sea Returning Origin Qi."

This was a high-tier cultivation method of the Mingyuan Sect. How high it was, he didn't know, only because it had already been destroyed when Luo Tian Sect cultivators searched for it from the ruins, leaving only this part.

It was barely around the third to fourth tier.

Multitasking, Luo Chen smiled: "In that battle, it was you and Chu Kui guarding by my side, right, Brother Wang?"

Wang Yuan nodded, "Yes, precisely because I have seen the crazy you at that time, I know that under your seemingly calm emotions now, who knows what kind of madness, even greater than back then, is hidden!"

Luo Chen's hand movement paused, a somewhat inexplicable look in his eyes.

At that time, the Yan Alliance and the Luo Tian Society were two grades apart, the difference between a Core Formation major sect and a second-rate force.

Now, the Heaven Origin Dao Sect he was about to face seemed to be only a line away from the Luo Tian Sect, but the gap was heaven and earth.

Then this time, could his madness continue?

"Who is the enemy?" Wang Yuan stood opposite Luo Chen and asked with a frown: "Is it the Million Great Mountains, or an ancient sect, or perhaps a Soul Transformation Holy Land!"

When he said the last part, he even felt a bit like he was gritting his teeth.

Luo Chen smiled and put the "Nether Sea Returning Origin Qi" on the bookshelf.

This was an ingenious high-tier cultivation method, extremely miraculous, claiming to be able to borrow the Qi of Heaven and Earth!

But the entry threshold was very high, requiring the cultivator to abolish their own foundation before they could practice it. If the foundation was stronger, the Qi of Heaven and Earth that could be borrowed after re-cultivation would be stronger, and there was also a secret technique that could convert the borrowed power into one's own magic power.

It was a pity that the latter part was missing.

This cultivation method was miraculous, but Luo Chen didn't care.

Who would be willing to abandon their own hard-earned cultivation to practice a cultivation method that requires borrowing power!

Just like Luo Chen walking to this day, in front of the path of Soul Transformation, he would never give up.

Luo Chen's expression was serious as he stared at Wang Yuan and said: "Brother Wang, you want to help me?"

Wang Yuan asked back: "Do you despise my low strength?"

Luo Chen shook his head. How could he despise these things? Having one more person was always good.

But considering that the survival of the Luo Tian Sect was not easy, he had never intended to let them participate.

At this moment, Wang Yuan kept asking, so he no longer covered it up.

"It is the Heaven Origin Dao Sect!"

Wang Yuan's pupils shrank, and he lost his voice instantly.

Luo Chen walked through the bookshelves, looking at the three hundred years of accumulation of the Luo Tian Sect, the dazzling array of cultivation methods and secret techniques, and various inheritances, sighing faintly.

"Don't worry, if things go smoothly, perhaps it won't even come to a fight. After all, the current Heaven Origin Dao Sect also has a pile of internal and external troubles, and they may not necessarily be concerned about a small pawn like me."

Behind him, Wang Yuan replied heavily: "If that day really comes, count me in!"

Luo Chen turned his head and took a look. The sunlight shone on Wang Yuan through the window, making his figure appear even taller.

Brother Wang is still Brother Wang; after so many years, it seems nothing has changed.

Luo Chen smiled and stepped out of the Scripture Collection Pavilion.

Passing by the main entrance, a gray-robed sweeping Daoist priest bowed his head and saluted him.

"Safe journey, Supreme Elder."

"Hmm."

Luo Chen responded, rose into the air, and when he flew to a high place, he looked down again.

That gray-robed Daoist had no aura of magic power on him, just a mortal, yet he could sweep the most important Scripture Collection Pavilion of the Luo Tian Sect?

I wonder how Wang Yuan, this Scripture Transmission Elder, arranged it?

Luo Chen muttered, and then returned to the Luo Tian Main Hall.

Given that the Alchemy Mountain was destroyed by a natural disaster, he temporarily lived in the Luo Tian Main Hall.

Before leaving, he needed to refine a batch of magic tools that could travel through the Nether Abyss, and Luo Tian Sect cultivators could just send the corresponding materials to the main hall.

In this process, Luo Chen didn't ask anyone to help, but relied entirely on himself.

The thick water vapor, even with the array shielding, would diffuse out from time to time.

Inside the Luo Tian Main Hall, streams of Abyss Water gushed out from the high-hanging spring eye and were then refined by Luo Chen into black small boats.

Luo Chen couldn't even be bothered to name this batch of magic tools, so he simply continued using the name "Crossing Nether Boat" that the Luo Tian Sect had obtained before.

Anyway, the function was similar, and in terms of effect, the ones he refined were far superior to the Crossing Nether Boat and saved more magic power.

With these Crossing Nether Boats, Luo Tian Sect cultivators could freely enter and exit the Nether Abyss in the future.

Bai Meiling swept away the surrounding low-tier ghost cultivators, so Luo Tian cultivators wouldn't have to worry about being disturbed by ghost cultivators in the future.

Haoranzi stayed in the Upper Nether Ruined City and established an external stronghold for the Luo Tian Sect, so the sect wouldn't be completely blind to the outside world.

As long as it was managed well later, after several hundred years, the Luo Tian Sect would digest the inheritance of the Mingyuan Sect, and the sect would surely flourish.

Luo Chen had no more worries.

His gaze at this moment fell on that spring eye.

"I originally wanted to use the water lotus seed left behind to refine a clone and sneak into the Heaven Origin Dao Sect to retrieve the missing life soul. But the water lotus seed ultimately lacks foundation, and the clone's strength cannot be improved in a short time, so it won't be valued by the Dao Sect. If I refine this spring eye into the clone, would it create a clone with talent comparable to a monster?"

Luo Chen muttered to himself, his eyes shining brightly because of this sudden whim.

The plan to retrieve the life soul was actually not perfect; Luo Chen only had a vague idea.

According to the information given to him by the Nether Spring, the Central Continent was divided into five, turning into five continents, with the Heaven Peak broken by Sovereign Qixia occupying one continent alone.

And the Heaven Origin Dao Sect occupied the other four continents respectively.

Back then, the top Great Desolate Soul-Hanging Desolation drove the Yellow Spring Sea all the way west, and in the process, it crashed the West Continent, and all living beings were swept into the Yellow Spring Sea, with none surviving.

Therefore, now only the East, South, and North three continents were inhabited by Heaven Origin Dao Sect cultivators.

And the Dao Sect mountain gate, the Lanke Mountain Range, was on the East Continent. One could imagine that after the Dao Sect's Soul Transformation great power returned, they would also practice on the East Continent.

What Luo Chen needed to do was to avoid the East Continent, enter the Dao Sect branches on the other two continents with a clone, and then practice to the Nascent Soul stage at super speed.

By then, the Heaven Origin Dao Sect would surely follow tradition to collect his life soul.

Taking this opportunity, he would be able to retrieve the missing part through the connection on his soul, and then escape from the Heaven Origin Dao Sect.

The whole process might not necessarily lead to a direct confrontation with the Dao Sect's great power.

But if it didn't go smoothly...

"Then I will have no choice but to have a fight and forcibly retrieve my life soul!"

Luo Chen's eyes narrowed, flashing with an extremely dangerous flavor.

He knew where his missing life soul was!

Back then, Mo Shouzhuo took his life soul while he entered the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven, using the method of "Phantom Chess."

And that Phantom Chess was clearly a derivative method of the Spirit Treasure Lanke Chessboard.

Combined with the various powers of the Lanke Chessboard to protect the soul, collect spiritual energy, and suppress a continent, it must also be a treasure that collects souls.

And according to the information from Cangwu Mountain, in that great battle, the Central Continent collapsed, spiritual energy scattered everywhere, and the Lanke Chessboard also suffered backlash.

Under such circumstances, him grabbing the Lanke Chessboard back through war was also a way to retrieve his life soul.

But until the critical moment, he was not willing to do that.

Because once that happened, it would be clearly setting up a battle against the Heaven Origin Dao Sect. The Dao Sect's great power was not a fool; they would either destroy the Lanke Chessboard or find a way to find his life soul and crush it directly, and Luo Chen would most likely end up with nothing.

Therefore, it was best for everything to proceed quietly!

Half a month later.

At the entrance of the Alchemy Saint Blessed Land, figures stood, the atmosphere serious.

Luo Chen's gaze swept over everyone one by one.

The steady and unchanging Wang Yuan, the flickering eyes of Ling Fengzi, the healthy-looking Yu Jade Jiao Long, the respectful and admiring Li Yingzhang...

Luo Chen didn't say anything, but in front of everyone, he summoned the three women, President Sima Hui Niang, over.

"I am leaving. Why don't I see Lingxi coming?"

President Sima Hui Niang originally had a worried expression, but hearing Luo Chen ask, she hurriedly explained: "Lingxi has already started seclusion to prepare to impact the Foundation Establishment realm. He also wants to improve his realm so he can come to help you sooner!"

Luo Chen was a bit dazed. Is his own son also about to reach Foundation Establishment?

He should be able to succeed, right? His spiritual root talent is not bad, he has famous teachers to guide him, and the Luo Tian Sect has supplied him with resources openly.

Even a pig should be able to successfully reach Foundation Establishment!

If he failed, Luo Chen wouldn't care about anything, just considering his previous busyness as wasted effort.

Luo Chen's gaze fell on Gu Caiyi, pityingly rubbing her soft hair.

"I know you have always been strong, but regarding cultivation, it is better to be a bit slower and not be so anxious."

Gu Caiyi's magic power fluctuations were very obvious at this moment, a sign of the eighth level of Core Formation.

How long had it been since she stepped into the late stage of Core Formation?

It had been less than thirty years in total, and she was suddenly at the eighth level of Core Formation, which was simply terrifying.

Gu Caiyi wanted to explain something, but her gaze was attracted by a box Luo Chen took out.

"This is a Core Formation Pill I specially left for you, but I have set a seal on it, and it will take at least a hundred years to open. During this time, you must organize your magic power and adjust the state of your three treasures of essence, Qi, and spirit."

"Husband..." Gu Caiyi's voice choked with sobs. Only then did she know that Luo Chen had never ignored her; he had even prepared a Core Formation Pill for her alone, which even President Sima Hui Niang didn't have.

Luo Chen smiled, his line of sight meeting Fairy Fairy Canglong.

Although the other party was still worried, she squeezed out a smile on her face.

"Just rest assured and go out. I will help you keep an eye on things at home."

Fairy Fairy Canglong, who said these words, had a calm and generous expression.

President Sima Hui Niang had a strange expression, as if she thought of something, but the words she spoke were: "My son and I will wait for your return."

Luo Chen waved his hand and drifted out of the Alchemy Saint Blessed Land.

Behind him were a group of Luo Tian sect members with different expressions.

In front of him was Bai Meiling, who had been summoned and hurriedly returned by riding a mysterious turtle.

"Master, are you leaving again?"

"Hmm." Luo Chen nodded, then reached out his hand, "Show me your results from these twenty years."

Yes, twenty years had passed in the blink of an eye since Luo Chen returned to the Luo Tian Sect.

During this period, he condensed his primordial spirit, refined the spring eye, comprehended the origin of water, and even underwent soul nirvana; many things occupied twenty years of time.

If one were to talk about rest and relaxation, perhaps the few days of lingering with Fairy Fairy Canglong could be considered relaxation!

And in these twenty years, Bai Meiling had only done one thing.

The pitch-black Soul Refining Banner fell into Luo Chen's hand, and upon touching it, an inexplicable sense of heaviness welled up.

"Master, Xiao Bai did not fail expectations. My footprints covered most of the Nether Abyss, gathering a full million low-tier ghost souls. Please inspect them!"

Luo Chen's eyes lit up, and his spiritual sense immediately sank into the Soul Refining Banner.

Thousands of wailing and shrill sounds came.

Seeming to perceive the entry of a living soul, countless fierce ghosts rushed toward Luo Chen.

However, before they could get close, they were shocked in place by a natural pressure.

Instantly, ten thousand ghosts were silent!

Bai Meiling watched this scene and exclaimed: "As expected of Master, one thought can suppress a million ghost souls. I recently felt I couldn't control this Ten Thousand Soul Banner anymore."

"You've worked hard." Luo Chen took out a wooden box and handed it to Bai Meiling.

Inside was exactly a soul stone, which he had brought out from the Soul-Breaking Cliff back then.

This thing was also a great tonic for ghost cultivators!

After telling Bai Meiling how to refine and absorb it, Luo Chen focused his attention on the Soul Refining Banner in his hand.

"Ten Thousand Soul Banner?"

"A million ghost souls, it already has the foundation of a Fierce Soul Banner, only lacking a fierce soul that can devour gods and ghosts."

He took out his own Soul Nourishing Banner and threw all the dozens of Ghost Emperors inside into the Soul Refining Banner.

Sensing it slightly, Luo Chen couldn't help but shake his head.

Not enough!

Wanting to use these dozens of Ghost Emperors to fuse into a ghost god comparable to Soul Transformation was still not enough.

While he was pondering, Bai Meiling had already approached him.

"Master, this time when you go out, can you take me with you?" ===== CHAPTER 968 =====